New Delhi, Two days after a nine-year-old boy died of electrocution in a municipal park in southeast Delhi’s Kalkaji space, the Municipal Company of Delhi has pointed to lapses within the park’s electrical infrastructure, terming the situation of an influence feeder pillar as unsafe and dangerous.
MCD cites defective feeder pillar after 9-year-old’s electrocution in Kalkaji park
In a press release launched on Tuesday, MCD stated a joint inspection of the positioning was carried out on Could 26 by officers from the Labour Division, Delhi Police, BSES Rajdhani Energy Restricted , MCD, and Vitality Effectivity Companies Restricted , the company accountable for sustaining park lighting.
The probe discovered the three-phase electrical feeder pillar contained in the DDA LIG Flats park to be open, dilapidated and with uncovered, uninsulated wires posing a severe electrocution danger, notably to kids.
The civic physique highlighted that EESL, below a tripartite settlement signed with MCD and BRPL in 2016, is accountable for sustaining the park’s electrical system from the Discom feeding level to particular person lights.
Pictures taken through the inspection confirmed an open feeder field with none locks, signage, or protecting boundaries. A reduce and bare BRPL cable was additionally noticed mendacity adjoining to the pillar. Building particles dumped over underground cables was additional flagged as a danger issue.
MCD, nevertheless, clarified that the GI pole within the park, maintained by its electrical division, was correctly earthed and located to be secure.
The tragic incident occurred on Saturday night time when Aryaman Chaudhary, a Class 4 scholar and resident of DDA Flats, was enjoying cricket within the park.
Police stated the boy obtained a deadly electrical shock after touching an open switchboard close to a pole whereas making an attempt to retrieve his ball. He was rushed to a close-by hospital by locals however was declared introduced lifeless.
An FIR below Sections 289 and 106 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita has been registered at Kalkaji Police Station.